THE TWO WORLDS
A Sailor Moon/Gundam Wing crossover by Belladonna Jaide
- * * denotes emphasis on a certain word
- ' ' denotes thought
- takes place after Endless Waltz
- rated PG-13 for language
For the benefit of some people:
Usagi = Serena = Sailor Moon = Princess Serenity = Neo-Queen Serenity
Ami = Amy = Sailor Mercury
Rei = Raye = Sailor Mars
Makoto ("Mako-chan") = Lita = Sailor Jupiter
Minako = Mina = Sailor Venus (Sailor V)
Michiru = Michelle = Sailor Neptune
Haruka = Amara = Sailor Uranus
Setsuna = Trista = Sailor Pluto
Hotaru = Hotaru = Sailor Saturn
ChibiUsa = Rini = Sailor ChibiMoon
Mamoru = Darien = Tuxedo Kamen = Tuxedo Mask
Odango Atama = Meatball Head (Dumpling Head)
CHAPTER FIVE: "We Learn of Quatre"
Sally caught her breath. 'Someone's trying to contact us?! Maybe it's some help, or . . .' she let her thoughts trail off, and ran up the stairs to the precious radio . . .
". . . anyone . . . Preventers . . ." Static noise allowed few decipherable words through, yet they were important ones. " . . . need help?! . . . Quatre Raberba Winner . . ."
"It's Quatre!" Sally murmured, excitedly. She knew she had recognized that voice!
Noin leaned in towards the radio and spoke into the mouthpiece. "Quatre! Quatre can you hear us?"
Static noise; ". . . Noin?! Is that you?! I've been trying to reach someone for hours! . . ."
"Listen Quatre," Noin said as loudly and clearly as she could, "Heero, Sally, Wufei, and I are on L2. We are in need of assistance, I repeat: Heero, Sally, Wufei, and I are on L2, and we need your help. Where are you?"
". . .can't. . .monsters. . .help. . ."
"Quatre!!! You're breaking up! Sally, is there anything we can do to increase the range of this radio?"
"I've already done everything I can think of, Noin." Sally replied, fumbling with the many knobs, dials, and switches on the 'prehistoric' radio as she tried to improve the transmission.
"Quatre. . .!"
Static noise.
"Quatre. . . come in Quatre. . .!"
Nothing. Complete silence except for the staticky sounds coming from the radio.
"DAMNIT!" Noin shouted, bringing a fist down hard upon the little radio.
* * *
"So . . ." Duo began awkwardly, as he, the Inner Senshi, and Eternal Armor Sailor Moon walked through the silent streets of L2. "What're your names?"
Mercury, looking down at the screen of the laptop she was holding, said, casually, "I'm Sailor Mercury."
"I'm Sailor Jupiter." said Makoto.
"I'm Sailor Mars" The girl in red said coolly.
"And I'm Sailor Venus! But you can call me V-Babe!" said Minako, and gave him a bright smile, striking her cute 'Sailor V' pose.
"V-Babe, huh?" said Duo. "You girls sure have strange names!" Minako giggled flirtatiously, and Mars rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, Sailor Moon was looking around for people who might be hurt or unconscious. She was puzzled to find no one anywhere.
"Hey!" Duo hollered over to Sailor Moon, "What's your name?"
"Sailor Moon," she said absently. "I thought you said there were injured people around here?!"
Duo looked at the empty streets of L2. "There were people here, I swear!" he said, confused. 'But it's as if they were never here at all' he thought to himself.
"Well wherever those people are, they aren't here now, that's for sure." Sailor Jupiter murmured.
Sailor Moon was confused. The Negaverse never kidnapped their victims unless they needed them for something. But what could be so special about the people of L2? Somehow, she didn't think it was the Negaverse that had moved those people, and said so.
"Well who else would it be, Odango-Atama?! Only the Negaverse could be responsible for this kind of damage!!" said Mars, annoyed.
"But that doesn't necessarily mean that it was the Negaverse that carried them off." countered Mercury, looking up from her complex calculations.
Everyone blinked in surprise at Sailor Mercury, usually the quietest of the Inner Senshi, and Minako asked, "What do you mean, Mercury?"
"What I mean is this: Duo might not be the only survivor, and if so, there must be other people out there somewhere. Maybe they're the ones who moved the people."
"But how can we be sure?" asked Makoto.
"Well, I am picking up several human life-signs not too far away-" Mercury started to reply.
But just then Duo saw something move out of the corner of his eye. The crazy "Sailor-Girls" could rant all they wanted to about the Negaverse ('whatever THAT is' thought Duo) later, but right now they needed to get out of danger -- and fast!
"DUCK!" Duo shouted, and he quickly knocked Mercury to the ground. A long, sharp, spear-like, alien appendage sliced through the air where Sailor Mercury's head had been.
"Finally, some ACTION!" crowed Makoto. "JUPITER SUPREME THUNDER . . . CRASH!!!"
Duo looked up in time to see an insect-like alien being electrocuted by Sailor Jupiter.
"Crescent Beam SMASH!!" shouted Venus, sending a yellow laser from her fingertip smashing through the chest of the vile monster. The monster screamed in agony, disintegrating into a pile of ash.
Sailor Moon raised her eyebrows in surprise. 'what a weak monster!' she thought, 'it was destroyed by only 2 of our weakest attacks! They didn't even need me to finish it off!?!'
A shiny white pearl dropped into the pile of ash, catching Sailor Moon's eye. 'Wow! A pearl! My favorite gem . . .' she thought, and picked it up. Almost as soon as she touched it, the pearl turned black and lost its luster, and Sailor Moon found herself holding what looked like a really ugly piece of jewelry, rather than a precious pearl. Yet she gazed down at it thoughtfully; there was just something about that blackened stone that seemed . . . familiar, maybe? She just couldn't seem to put her finger on it . . .
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" cried Duo, batting the pearl from her hands in superstitious/paranoid fear. "You don't go around picking up strange alien devices, they're dangerous!" he scolded, totally serious. "It could be some sort of trap, or a homing beacon or something. You're practically begging for trouble!"
Sailor Mars snickered, and said pointedly of Duo: "Someone's been watching way too many science fiction flicks! That black pearl is probably just an expired seed used to create that monster we just defeated. I wouldn't worry too much, Duo."
"HMPH! Well better safe than sorry!" said Duo, crossing his arms over his chest, and frowning that cute little pout of his. He didn't want to admit it, even to himself, but the whole alien experience had shaken the great Shinigami up quite a bit. First the monster had attacked, then Mercury was almost skewered, and then V-Babe and Sailor Jupiter hacked the alien to pieces with amazing powers and called it EASY! It was enough to make Duo's head spin.
A disturbing thought struck him, and suddenly he reached for his old rifle, which he had abandoned during the recent battle. Slowly Duo started to back away from the Sailor Senshi, pointing the gun at the nearest of them, which just happened to be Sailor Jupiter.
"Heh heh, whatcha pointing that thing at Duo?" Jupiter said, laughing nervously and sweatdropping.
"You all are aliens too, aren't you? You guys have acted weird from the start!" Duo accused.
"WHAT?!" Sailor Venus exclaimed in disbelief, "I'm not an alien! I'm too pretty to be an ugly alien!"
Sailor Mars groaned and put her head in her hands. "Someone has DEFINITELY been watching too many sci-fi movies!" she said, shaking her head.
"O yeah? Well then how do you explain your strange powers?" Duo asked. "Answer that one and prove you're not aliens!"
Eternal Armor Sailor Moon sighed, and stepped forward. "As I tried to tell you earlier Duo; Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and I are superheroines from another world. We each have different magic powers we use to defeat those "aliens", as you call them. Sailor Mars is the Senshi of War; her element is Fire, and her weapon is a quiver of Fire Arrows. Sailor Mercury is the Senshi of Wisdom; her element is Ice, and the Mercury Harp is her primary weapon. Sailor Venus is the Senshi of Love; her element is Love, and her primary weapon is the Love-Me-Chain. Sailor Jupiter is the Senshi of Protection; her element is Thunder, and all her attacks use thunder and lightning. I am Eternal Armor Sailor Moon, the Senshi of Love and Justice! I right wrongs and triumph over evil . . ."
"You're getting off-track Odango Atama!" snapped Mars.
"O yeah, right . . . *sorry*!" Sailor Moon apologized quickly, sweatdropping. "Anyways," she continued, "we were sent here by a friend to help you guys out -- you know, defeat a few monsters here and there, send them back to where they came from . . . the usual."
Duo cocked and aimed the gun. "Not good enough, babe."
This was the final straw for Sailor Mars, who, up until now, had pretty much kept her cool. "ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" she screeched in fustration. "FINE! ALRIGHT ALREADY! WE'RE FUCKING ALIENS! WE ADMIT IT -- ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!"
Everyone was silent for a good 5 seconds after Mars' enraged outburst, and watched apprehensively as she turned on her heel and stomped off somewhere to vent. Duo let her go.
"Jeez . . ." he muttered to himself sullenly, "who stuck the stick up her ass?"
* * *
Quatre Raberba Winner strained to hear the words through the static interference. Obviously, the static was from the Preventers' end (since the Winner family only buys the best of everything -- including long-range wave radios), and so he could do nothing about it.
He had tried the Preventers' frequency because usually someone was always listening at their post, and they would be more likely to hear him than anyone else would. It was more likely he'd reach someone on this frequency than on any other frequency.
"Is anyone there?" he asked. "Preventers, come in Preventers! Does anyone need help in the crisis? This is Quatre Raberba Winner, calling in for assistance . . . "
He listened carefully for a response. When it came, it was faint and almost indiscernible from the static: ". . . Quatre! . . ." said a familiar voice, " . . . hear us? . . ."
Quatre gasped when he realized who the voice must belong to. "Miss Noin?!" he exclaimed, "Is that you?! I've trying to reach someone for hours! The situation here on L4 isn't as bad as it other places."
Through the static he could barely make out: " . . . Quatre . . . Heero, Sally . . . I . . . on L2 . . . need assistance . . . repeat: Heero . . . Wufei, and I are . . . L2 . . . need help . . . where are you?"
"I'm on L4," Quatre replied, puzzled. He had just told her that, but she must have missed that part through the static. In fact, as it seemed to Quatre, the static was slowly getting worse, though it wasn't coming from his end. It was almost as if someone, or something, was trying to isolate L2 for some reason. 'Could it be the aliens?' Quatre wondered. But if it was the aliens, why would they want to isolate L2, because they had been attacking everywhere. Yet the alien attacks had been concentrated mostly on L2, now that he thought back to it.
When he was young child, Quatre had been told he had some weak telepathic and intuitive abilities, which was probably why he was chosen as a gundam pilot and was such a good mediator, he supposed. But Quatre had never really bought into the whole idea, until now. He had a very bad feeling about this alien invasion, like there was something else behind it all, something he couldn't put his finger on . . . and he was sensing some seriously sinister vibes from L2. He hoped Sally, Noin, Heero, and Wufei would be ok; they had been through some pretty tough times before, but Quatre got the feeling that fighting alien monsters was just a little bit out of their league.
Anyways, the static was getting worse, and he had to get his message across to Noin, before he lost the transmission completely.
"I'll come as soon as I can, Noin, but I can't get off L4 at the moment. Monsters have Trowa, Catherine, and I trapped in the underground rooms of my mansion. But don't worry, I'll get you some help."
Quatre listened for Noin's reply, but could only hear static. He hoped she had gotten his message. He sighed, and turned to Trowa, who had just entered the room. Glancing at the radio, Trowa asked: "Is it bad?"
"Yes, Wufei, Heero, Sally, and Noin are on L2, and are having a rough time of it. Knowing Sally, they probably have who-knows-how-many wounded with them, so they need our help. I told them we'd send help as soon as we could, but that the aliens had trapped us. However, all of a sudden the transmission started to go all staticky on their end, and I don't know if they got all the message." Quatre replied.
"Duo wasn't with them?" Trowa asked, concerned. "I thought he lived there on L2."
Quatre frowned. "Yes, he does live there . . . but I don't think he's with the others, or Noin would have said he was . . ."
"hm, I hope Duo isn't in too much trouble, or at least is somewhere safe. He never was too bright . . ."
Quatre chuckled at his friends subtle humor, then immediately sobered. "We're lucky we have these basement rooms I had put in under the mansion, or we probably wouldn't have lasted as long as we have. Still, we'd better check on our food stores . . ."
"I'll do it," said Trowa, already on his way out the door.
Quatre heaved another heavy sigh, and said to no one in particular: "I hope everone's alright . . ."
* * *
When Heero came to again, he felt much better. He was still in the same room he was before, only he could see it much better now. He turned to see Sally Po walk in.
"How long have I been unconscious?" He asked.
"Altogether? About a day and a half. You're one of the lucky ones, all the other people you see here around you were also attacked by monsters, and they've remained comatose."
"Hn. Well, I had some help." Heero replied, thinking.
"Huh? Help? What do you mean, Heero? You were by yourself when Wufei and I found you."
"Two women, I think, in strange outfits destroyed the monster. That much I remember before passing out." He furrowed his brow in thought. "They destroyed it effortlessly."
"Are you sure? You weren't just seeing things? You might have recovered just because of your superhuman abilities, not because anyone saved you."
"I know what I saw."
Sally sighed. There wasn't much use arguing with Heero. "Well, you'd better go talk to Wufei then." She said. "He's a few doors down, but trust me, you'd be able to hear him ranting from a mile away." She rolled her eyes.
Heero nodded in understanding. As he stood to leave, he asked her, "Where is this place?"
"Unfortunately, we're still on L2, at a Preventer's complex. It's probably the safest place on the colony."
"Oh." Heero said, deep in thought. "Relena wouldn't happen to be here with you, would she?" He had always felt sort of responsible for her.
"Relena?" Sally said, raising her eyebrows in surprise. "No. Actually, we were hoping that maybe you knew where she would be . . . "
~ End of THE TWO WORLDS, chapter 5 ~
Hehee, there's my clumsy attempt at a cliff-hanger. I know I promised to deal with Relena this chapter, but it just didn't seem to fit so you'll have to wait until the next chapter. Also next chapter, Duo and the Inner Senshi hook up with Heero and the Preventers. Will it end up in disaster? Can Minako convince Duo that the Sailor Senshi are *NOT* aliens? Will Uranus and Neptune continue to work alone? Will Rei be able to regain her composure? And who is behind this invasion, really? All these questions and more will be answered next issue of THE TWO WORLDS.
Thank-you everyone, you've been a great audience, *blows kisses to her audience* muah muah muah!
A Sailor Moon/Gundam Wing crossover by Belladonna Jaide
- * * denotes emphasis on a certain word
- ' ' denotes thought
- takes place after Endless Waltz
- rated PG-13 for language
For the benefit of some people:
Usagi = Serena = Sailor Moon = Princess Serenity = Neo-Queen Serenity
Ami = Amy = Sailor Mercury
Rei = Raye = Sailor Mars
Makoto ("Mako-chan") = Lita = Sailor Jupiter
Minako = Mina = Sailor Venus (Sailor V)
Michiru = Michelle = Sailor Neptune
Haruka = Amara = Sailor Uranus
Setsuna = Trista = Sailor Pluto
Hotaru = Hotaru = Sailor Saturn
ChibiUsa = Rini = Sailor ChibiMoon
Mamoru = Darien = Tuxedo Kamen = Tuxedo Mask
Odango Atama = Meatball Head (Dumpling Head)
CHAPTER FIVE: "We Learn of Quatre"
Sally caught her breath. 'Someone's trying to contact us?! Maybe it's some help, or . . .' she let her thoughts trail off, and ran up the stairs to the precious radio . . .
". . . anyone . . . Preventers . . ." Static noise allowed few decipherable words through, yet they were important ones. " . . . need help?! . . . Quatre Raberba Winner . . ."
"It's Quatre!" Sally murmured, excitedly. She knew she had recognized that voice!
Noin leaned in towards the radio and spoke into the mouthpiece. "Quatre! Quatre can you hear us?"
Static noise; ". . . Noin?! Is that you?! I've been trying to reach someone for hours! . . ."
"Listen Quatre," Noin said as loudly and clearly as she could, "Heero, Sally, Wufei, and I are on L2. We are in need of assistance, I repeat: Heero, Sally, Wufei, and I are on L2, and we need your help. Where are you?"
". . .can't. . .monsters. . .help. . ."
"Quatre!!! You're breaking up! Sally, is there anything we can do to increase the range of this radio?"
"I've already done everything I can think of, Noin." Sally replied, fumbling with the many knobs, dials, and switches on the 'prehistoric' radio as she tried to improve the transmission.
"Quatre. . .!"
Static noise.
"Quatre. . . come in Quatre. . .!"
Nothing. Complete silence except for the staticky sounds coming from the radio.
"DAMNIT!" Noin shouted, bringing a fist down hard upon the little radio.
* * *
"So . . ." Duo began awkwardly, as he, the Inner Senshi, and Eternal Armor Sailor Moon walked through the silent streets of L2. "What're your names?"
Mercury, looking down at the screen of the laptop she was holding, said, casually, "I'm Sailor Mercury."
"I'm Sailor Jupiter." said Makoto.
"I'm Sailor Mars" The girl in red said coolly.
"And I'm Sailor Venus! But you can call me V-Babe!" said Minako, and gave him a bright smile, striking her cute 'Sailor V' pose.
"V-Babe, huh?" said Duo. "You girls sure have strange names!" Minako giggled flirtatiously, and Mars rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, Sailor Moon was looking around for people who might be hurt or unconscious. She was puzzled to find no one anywhere.
"Hey!" Duo hollered over to Sailor Moon, "What's your name?"
"Sailor Moon," she said absently. "I thought you said there were injured people around here?!"
Duo looked at the empty streets of L2. "There were people here, I swear!" he said, confused. 'But it's as if they were never here at all' he thought to himself.
"Well wherever those people are, they aren't here now, that's for sure." Sailor Jupiter murmured.
Sailor Moon was confused. The Negaverse never kidnapped their victims unless they needed them for something. But what could be so special about the people of L2? Somehow, she didn't think it was the Negaverse that had moved those people, and said so.
"Well who else would it be, Odango-Atama?! Only the Negaverse could be responsible for this kind of damage!!" said Mars, annoyed.
"But that doesn't necessarily mean that it was the Negaverse that carried them off." countered Mercury, looking up from her complex calculations.
Everyone blinked in surprise at Sailor Mercury, usually the quietest of the Inner Senshi, and Minako asked, "What do you mean, Mercury?"
"What I mean is this: Duo might not be the only survivor, and if so, there must be other people out there somewhere. Maybe they're the ones who moved the people."
"But how can we be sure?" asked Makoto.
"Well, I am picking up several human life-signs not too far away-" Mercury started to reply.
But just then Duo saw something move out of the corner of his eye. The crazy "Sailor-Girls" could rant all they wanted to about the Negaverse ('whatever THAT is' thought Duo) later, but right now they needed to get out of danger -- and fast!
"DUCK!" Duo shouted, and he quickly knocked Mercury to the ground. A long, sharp, spear-like, alien appendage sliced through the air where Sailor Mercury's head had been.
"Finally, some ACTION!" crowed Makoto. "JUPITER SUPREME THUNDER . . . CRASH!!!"
Duo looked up in time to see an insect-like alien being electrocuted by Sailor Jupiter.
"Crescent Beam SMASH!!" shouted Venus, sending a yellow laser from her fingertip smashing through the chest of the vile monster. The monster screamed in agony, disintegrating into a pile of ash.
Sailor Moon raised her eyebrows in surprise. 'what a weak monster!' she thought, 'it was destroyed by only 2 of our weakest attacks! They didn't even need me to finish it off!?!'
A shiny white pearl dropped into the pile of ash, catching Sailor Moon's eye. 'Wow! A pearl! My favorite gem . . .' she thought, and picked it up. Almost as soon as she touched it, the pearl turned black and lost its luster, and Sailor Moon found herself holding what looked like a really ugly piece of jewelry, rather than a precious pearl. Yet she gazed down at it thoughtfully; there was just something about that blackened stone that seemed . . . familiar, maybe? She just couldn't seem to put her finger on it . . .
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" cried Duo, batting the pearl from her hands in superstitious/paranoid fear. "You don't go around picking up strange alien devices, they're dangerous!" he scolded, totally serious. "It could be some sort of trap, or a homing beacon or something. You're practically begging for trouble!"
Sailor Mars snickered, and said pointedly of Duo: "Someone's been watching way too many science fiction flicks! That black pearl is probably just an expired seed used to create that monster we just defeated. I wouldn't worry too much, Duo."
"HMPH! Well better safe than sorry!" said Duo, crossing his arms over his chest, and frowning that cute little pout of his. He didn't want to admit it, even to himself, but the whole alien experience had shaken the great Shinigami up quite a bit. First the monster had attacked, then Mercury was almost skewered, and then V-Babe and Sailor Jupiter hacked the alien to pieces with amazing powers and called it EASY! It was enough to make Duo's head spin.
A disturbing thought struck him, and suddenly he reached for his old rifle, which he had abandoned during the recent battle. Slowly Duo started to back away from the Sailor Senshi, pointing the gun at the nearest of them, which just happened to be Sailor Jupiter.
"Heh heh, whatcha pointing that thing at Duo?" Jupiter said, laughing nervously and sweatdropping.
"You all are aliens too, aren't you? You guys have acted weird from the start!" Duo accused.
"WHAT?!" Sailor Venus exclaimed in disbelief, "I'm not an alien! I'm too pretty to be an ugly alien!"
Sailor Mars groaned and put her head in her hands. "Someone has DEFINITELY been watching too many sci-fi movies!" she said, shaking her head.
"O yeah? Well then how do you explain your strange powers?" Duo asked. "Answer that one and prove you're not aliens!"
Eternal Armor Sailor Moon sighed, and stepped forward. "As I tried to tell you earlier Duo; Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and I are superheroines from another world. We each have different magic powers we use to defeat those "aliens", as you call them. Sailor Mars is the Senshi of War; her element is Fire, and her weapon is a quiver of Fire Arrows. Sailor Mercury is the Senshi of Wisdom; her element is Ice, and the Mercury Harp is her primary weapon. Sailor Venus is the Senshi of Love; her element is Love, and her primary weapon is the Love-Me-Chain. Sailor Jupiter is the Senshi of Protection; her element is Thunder, and all her attacks use thunder and lightning. I am Eternal Armor Sailor Moon, the Senshi of Love and Justice! I right wrongs and triumph over evil . . ."
"You're getting off-track Odango Atama!" snapped Mars.
"O yeah, right . . . *sorry*!" Sailor Moon apologized quickly, sweatdropping. "Anyways," she continued, "we were sent here by a friend to help you guys out -- you know, defeat a few monsters here and there, send them back to where they came from . . . the usual."
Duo cocked and aimed the gun. "Not good enough, babe."
This was the final straw for Sailor Mars, who, up until now, had pretty much kept her cool. "ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" she screeched in fustration. "FINE! ALRIGHT ALREADY! WE'RE FUCKING ALIENS! WE ADMIT IT -- ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!"
Everyone was silent for a good 5 seconds after Mars' enraged outburst, and watched apprehensively as she turned on her heel and stomped off somewhere to vent. Duo let her go.
"Jeez . . ." he muttered to himself sullenly, "who stuck the stick up her ass?"
* * *
Quatre Raberba Winner strained to hear the words through the static interference. Obviously, the static was from the Preventers' end (since the Winner family only buys the best of everything -- including long-range wave radios), and so he could do nothing about it.
He had tried the Preventers' frequency because usually someone was always listening at their post, and they would be more likely to hear him than anyone else would. It was more likely he'd reach someone on this frequency than on any other frequency.
"Is anyone there?" he asked. "Preventers, come in Preventers! Does anyone need help in the crisis? This is Quatre Raberba Winner, calling in for assistance . . . "
He listened carefully for a response. When it came, it was faint and almost indiscernible from the static: ". . . Quatre! . . ." said a familiar voice, " . . . hear us? . . ."
Quatre gasped when he realized who the voice must belong to. "Miss Noin?!" he exclaimed, "Is that you?! I've trying to reach someone for hours! The situation here on L4 isn't as bad as it other places."
Through the static he could barely make out: " . . . Quatre . . . Heero, Sally . . . I . . . on L2 . . . need assistance . . . repeat: Heero . . . Wufei, and I are . . . L2 . . . need help . . . where are you?"
"I'm on L4," Quatre replied, puzzled. He had just told her that, but she must have missed that part through the static. In fact, as it seemed to Quatre, the static was slowly getting worse, though it wasn't coming from his end. It was almost as if someone, or something, was trying to isolate L2 for some reason. 'Could it be the aliens?' Quatre wondered. But if it was the aliens, why would they want to isolate L2, because they had been attacking everywhere. Yet the alien attacks had been concentrated mostly on L2, now that he thought back to it.
When he was young child, Quatre had been told he had some weak telepathic and intuitive abilities, which was probably why he was chosen as a gundam pilot and was such a good mediator, he supposed. But Quatre had never really bought into the whole idea, until now. He had a very bad feeling about this alien invasion, like there was something else behind it all, something he couldn't put his finger on . . . and he was sensing some seriously sinister vibes from L2. He hoped Sally, Noin, Heero, and Wufei would be ok; they had been through some pretty tough times before, but Quatre got the feeling that fighting alien monsters was just a little bit out of their league.
Anyways, the static was getting worse, and he had to get his message across to Noin, before he lost the transmission completely.
"I'll come as soon as I can, Noin, but I can't get off L4 at the moment. Monsters have Trowa, Catherine, and I trapped in the underground rooms of my mansion. But don't worry, I'll get you some help."
Quatre listened for Noin's reply, but could only hear static. He hoped she had gotten his message. He sighed, and turned to Trowa, who had just entered the room. Glancing at the radio, Trowa asked: "Is it bad?"
"Yes, Wufei, Heero, Sally, and Noin are on L2, and are having a rough time of it. Knowing Sally, they probably have who-knows-how-many wounded with them, so they need our help. I told them we'd send help as soon as we could, but that the aliens had trapped us. However, all of a sudden the transmission started to go all staticky on their end, and I don't know if they got all the message." Quatre replied.
"Duo wasn't with them?" Trowa asked, concerned. "I thought he lived there on L2."
Quatre frowned. "Yes, he does live there . . . but I don't think he's with the others, or Noin would have said he was . . ."
"hm, I hope Duo isn't in too much trouble, or at least is somewhere safe. He never was too bright . . ."
Quatre chuckled at his friends subtle humor, then immediately sobered. "We're lucky we have these basement rooms I had put in under the mansion, or we probably wouldn't have lasted as long as we have. Still, we'd better check on our food stores . . ."
"I'll do it," said Trowa, already on his way out the door.
Quatre heaved another heavy sigh, and said to no one in particular: "I hope everone's alright . . ."
* * *
When Heero came to again, he felt much better. He was still in the same room he was before, only he could see it much better now. He turned to see Sally Po walk in.
"How long have I been unconscious?" He asked.
"Altogether? About a day and a half. You're one of the lucky ones, all the other people you see here around you were also attacked by monsters, and they've remained comatose."
"Hn. Well, I had some help." Heero replied, thinking.
"Huh? Help? What do you mean, Heero? You were by yourself when Wufei and I found you."
"Two women, I think, in strange outfits destroyed the monster. That much I remember before passing out." He furrowed his brow in thought. "They destroyed it effortlessly."
"Are you sure? You weren't just seeing things? You might have recovered just because of your superhuman abilities, not because anyone saved you."
"I know what I saw."
Sally sighed. There wasn't much use arguing with Heero. "Well, you'd better go talk to Wufei then." She said. "He's a few doors down, but trust me, you'd be able to hear him ranting from a mile away." She rolled her eyes.
Heero nodded in understanding. As he stood to leave, he asked her, "Where is this place?"
"Unfortunately, we're still on L2, at a Preventer's complex. It's probably the safest place on the colony."
"Oh." Heero said, deep in thought. "Relena wouldn't happen to be here with you, would she?" He had always felt sort of responsible for her.
"Relena?" Sally said, raising her eyebrows in surprise. "No. Actually, we were hoping that maybe you knew where she would be . . . "
~ End of THE TWO WORLDS, chapter 5 ~
Hehee, there's my clumsy attempt at a cliff-hanger. I know I promised to deal with Relena this chapter, but it just didn't seem to fit so you'll have to wait until the next chapter. Also next chapter, Duo and the Inner Senshi hook up with Heero and the Preventers. Will it end up in disaster? Can Minako convince Duo that the Sailor Senshi are *NOT* aliens? Will Uranus and Neptune continue to work alone? Will Rei be able to regain her composure? And who is behind this invasion, really? All these questions and more will be answered next issue of THE TWO WORLDS.
Thank-you everyone, you've been a great audience, *blows kisses to her audience* muah muah muah!